An Urban Affair

Follow-up to "Ekimae Ryokan." Set around the Yurigaoka and Nishi-Ikuta stations on the Odakyu-Odawar

Hagure kigeki mandara

1962 Japanese movie

Tokugawa Ieyasu's Secret Treasure

The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night

Set in the postwar turmoil, Akasaka no shimai paints a vivit portrait of the life of three sisters w

Romance Express

Comedy of manners set on the "Kodama" train between Tokyo and Osaka, before the opening of the Shink

Shimizu Port Salaryman

Hail the 3 Gents

A lighthearted satire of Japan’s postwar corporate elite, The Executive Gentleman’s Register blends

Mothra

Shipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific expediti

Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi

Young widow Ine is suffering under the harsh treatment of her mother in law. As a former Geisha, Ine

The Dangoro Party in the Sky

The film adaptation of Kazuo Kikuta novel "Kumo no Ue Dangoro Ichiza", which enjoyed great success a

Chihō kisha

Edo Porn

The world-famous woodblock artist Hokusai (1760-1849), a widower in need of a steady income, lives w

Little Remi and Famous Dog Capi

Japanese animation adaptation of a 19th century French novel: A boy is given up by his foster parent

The Bride from Japan

A young Japanese-American comes from California looking for a bride, going on blind dates with three

The Last War

A Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between the superp

Woman Boss

与太郎戦記 女は幾万ありとても

Man Who Causes a Storm

Shoichi Kokubun is a roughneck street musician, who has a brother that is determined to propel him i

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes th

Hito mo arukeba

A drummer falls for a pawnbroker's daughter.

Mastermind

Zero Mostel plays an inspector on the trail of criminals who have captured a robot called Chatze(sp?

Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong

Heso no taisho

1962 Japanese movie

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen

Fourth entry in the Ekimae series, focusing on the restoration of a Fukushima hot spring inn.

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox

Third film in the "Ekimae" series, this time set in Hamamatsu. A widow named Keiko and her brother J

Aces Wild

Keisuke Morita, a man with dark glasses standing on the Shibaura pier, a descendant of an illegitima

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant

The fifth "Ekimae" film set in a Chinese restaurant in Yokohama's Chinatown.

Hawaiian Love: Dangerous Honeymoon

Yosakoi Journey

A drama by director Masaharu Segawa.

Gokudô Petenshi

A group of one-hit wonder scam artists led by the troubled "Kanpai," dealing with impotence, embark

A Boy and Three Mothers

Topsy-Turvy Journey

A drama from director Masaharu Segawa.

Frankie the Milkman

Roppeita is big in size, clumsy and full of energy. When his grandfather orders him to move out to T

Dynamite Don-Don

Yakuza Gang War is at the height in North Kyūshū Area in the summer of 1950, particularly between th

You Can Succeed, Too

A group of friends try to find success in corporate Japan.

Shin kitsune to tanuki

1962 Japanese movie

3 Gents in the Snow Country

Shûe Matsubayashi movie

大安旅行

ドリフターズですよ！盗って盗って盗りまくれ

Frankie's Aliens

Dr. Kinoshita, whose rocket experiments had been a series of failures, discovers a strange flying sa

The Ghostly Trip

The 10th film in the travel series. The original work and screenplay is by Kazuo Funahashi, the dire

Have Wings on Your Heart

Tragedy about a terminally ill girl.

How Sorrowful

The story of a novelist whose wife is confined in a mental hospital. His love for her drives him to

The Happy Dancers

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Tokyo baka odori" by Haruo Oka and Chiyoko Shimakura.

A 16-Year-Old Girl's Jazz Festival

Japanese musical.

Sharaku

A crippled kabuki player is taken into a strolling company of itinerant actors. An influential publi

Waiting for the Flood

A young asthmatic man learns he has magical powers.

Shinran: Path to Purity

In the 12th century, Buddhism was still a relatively new religion in Japan. At that time, one school

Westward Desperado

In this patriotic WW II drama, the Japanese army demonstrates its courage and willingness to do anyt

Miyamoto Musashi

In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving not

Nonsense Boys

Japanese comedy film.

Moonlight Serenade

After the 1995 Kobe earthquake, a writer remembers travelling with his family to bury his brother af

Temptation on Glamour Island

Comedy about three soldiers, two female reporters, six prostitutes, and the wife of an officer, all

Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown

Hikaru, an ordinary man, discovers a way to unleash the supernatural powers hidden inside his soul,

Snow in the South Seas

Japanese soldiers stranded in Manokwari, New Guinea, improvise a theater play to keep their spirits

A Geisha's Diary

A young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she stru

Room for Let

When Yumiko Tsuyama, a potter by profession, comes inquiring about a room for rent in an old mansion

The Green Music Box

Ruriko's father is a well known scientist who's involved in secret research that even his family doe

I Sell My Husband

Japanese comedy film.

The Guy Who Brings On A Storm

Remake of the 1957 film "The Stormy Man".

The Maid Story

Nine maids serve the household of a writer and his wife. The couple treat their maids like daughters

I Want to Be a Shellfish

On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husban

Quick Change Tanuki Palace

This is a paradise of dream and illusion, a country of Raccoon Dogs. The Bat Tribe lives in a neighb

Oh, My Comrade!

Fukuzo, Kato and Matsuko, Kato's wife, are operating the "Kurenai Sightseeing Service" in Tokyo. Fuk

Dancing Sisters

It’s been five years since her husband had passed away. Fuyuko lives in the quiet suburbs, in a smal

The Hotelman's Holiday

Based on the novel "Ekimae Ryokan" by Masuji Ibuse, a longtime hotel employee struggles to bring his

A Comedy in Front of the Station: University

#13 in the Ekimae series of films. Set at Todai University, Professor Sakai (played by Frankie Sakai

Fusa

Period piece about a samurai who marries a mysterious beautiful young woman who claims to have lost

Chûshingura

After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the c

The Greatest Man in the World

Remake of classic samurai film of 1932

Tôhôkenbunroku

Burden of Love

The female members of the family of the Minister of Health and Welfare, who has just proposed a prog

Three Gentlemen from Tokyo

Hungry Soul, Part II

A continuation of Hungry Soul, from the same year. Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a m

This Madding Crowd

Vengeance Is Mine

A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police.

The Walking Major

U.S. Army Captain Clark Allen gains attention by walking back and forth, the length of Japan, gambli

Seishun wo warera ni

Jolly Barbers

I Want to Be a Shellfish

Television production of I Want to Be a Shellfish. On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Sh

Five Gents' Trick Book

The 22nd film in the Shacho comedy series.

Price of Life

Comedy of a phony doctor.

Pachinko

Kigeki-otoko no ude dameshi

In front of Sagami Detention Center. Shosuke, the owner of a strip joint called "Shunpu Music," welc

Bridal Cruise

Daisuke and Shinichi are companions who frequent girlie shows and parties until they find out they a

Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai

Ensemble comedy.

My Blood is the Blood of Others

Kawachi fūten zoku

1968 film

Kawachi fudoki oiro ke hanjō-ki

1963 Japanese movie

Ganpeki

1953 Japanese movie

Love Is After School

Mr. Giant's Victory Flag

Apparently a baseball drama starring real-life stars Nagashima (The Babe Ruth of Japanese Baseball)

Densuke no senden kyō

Kaiun ryokō

1971 Japanese movie

Japanese Humanity and Justice

When a mob boss retires under political pressure, his successor and yakuza family are tested to thei

新・与太郎戦記

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Pier

The 24th and final entry in the Ekimae series, set at Takamatsu Station in Kagawa Prefecture, former

Ambassador Ramen

Frankie Sakai plays a Chino-Japanese man who after trudging along in odd jobs discovers his true tal

六人の女を殺した男

喜劇・大安旅行

Frankie Bûchan no Aa gunkanki

The day has come for recruits to enlist in the Japanese Marine Corps. The recruits, who have left th

Kigeki yūwaku ryokō

1972 Japanese movie

Travel Stories of a Company President

It is the 16th series of the call series with the highest masterpiece among the "President" series.

名探偵アジャパー氏

The Wolf of Davao, a death row inmate who escaped from prison to exact revenge on Yamanami Takuzo, w

Travel Stories of a Company President Part II

While on a business trip to Kyushu, a paint company president competes with a rival firm for a key o

Company President Travels Abroad

Executives from a Japanese department store travel to Hawaii to acquire land for expansion but becom

Company President Travels Abroad Part II

As Marukyū Department Store plans its Hawaii expansion, company executives become sidetracked by loc

President's Ninja Trick Book Part II

Iwato Construction secures a major project in Hokkaido and promotes a key employee, but chaos follow

A Company President's Life Story

A clothing manufacturer president tries to revitalize his company during a business downturn by secu

Five Gents on the Spot

As his fashion company rides a wave of post-recession success, President Kurihara seeks to expand in

Discover Japan with the 5 Gents

In this outing, Shoji (Morishige) and his employees plan to build a hotel for Expo 70.

Five Gents Prefer Geisha

In this continuation of Discover Japan with the 5 Gents (Shacho sen ichiya, 1967), Shoji (Morishige)

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Benten

The 14th film in the Ekimae series, set in Nagano Prefecture, focusing on the love lives of a group

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga

15th entry in the Ekimae series, surrounding the then-insanely popular Weekly Shounen Sunday series

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot

Sixth entry in the Ekimae series, loosely based on the folktale of the tanuki and the tea kettle.

Hot Spring Ghost

Eighth in the Ekimae series, portraying competition between two hot spring resort owners in Yamanash

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Landlady

Seventh in the Ekimae series, detailing the exploits of the landladies around Ryogoku Station in Tok

Go and Get It

Matsuki, a former war photojournalist, returns home and starts a modest life with his wife, Komiko.

Devices Stronger Than Women

An ad campaign for a TV show called the “Male Training Contest” stirs chaos at a major electronics c

Greatest Game Ever

Part of the Young Guy [若大将] series.

Romance and Rhythm

Eri stars as a jazz-crazy waitress pursuing a singing career.

Greatest Game Ever Part II

Shōzō, heir to a tonkatsu shop and ice hockey star, faces a series of challenges when his team’s fun